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Alexander Lakes Pest Management

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Download points KML

Project lead

Fraser Coast Regional Council (FCRC)

Partnerships

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Industries

Council

Activities

On-ground work

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Summary

This project will:
  • control pest species to improve water quality
  • reduce the spread of pest species.

Since the 1990s, there have been periodic outbreaks of salvinia, which has been sprayed as required. The most recent outbreak was in 2013.

Benefits

This project will control pest species to improve water quality and reduce the spread of pest species at Alexander Lakes.

Lesson

Residents are mainly concerned with the occasional outbreaks of red azolla, algae blooms and Mexican yellow water lily (sprayed when it reaches more than 50% coverage near outflows).
The increase in floating water plants (red azolla, duck weed etc.) is most likely due to the nutrient load from roosting birds on islands and current cyclic climatic conditions. It is sometimes difficult to explain to residents that this occurs in cycles.

Reference ID

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Last updated: 13 November 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Alexander Lakes Pest Management, WetlandInfo website, accessed 18 March 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/tools/wetland-project/alexander-lakes-pest-management-92e7/

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